LIVE STOCK MARKET
Prices at Waipukurau To-day A moderate entry of fat Cattle met a good market at Waipukurau to-day, prices realised being on a par with those at last week’s sale. The keenest competition was experienced on wellbred and finished lines, there being a slack deuiand for poorer sorts of cattle. Included amongst tbo entries were some good draughts from Mr. J. Davidson, Poraiigahau, and Mr. F. Seversen, Makeretu. Some of the entries and prices paid, from which an idea of the state of the market may bo Obtained, were as follow: — Fat Cattle. —A single P.A. bullock, well grown and lightly finished, made £8 7/6. A pen of 4 Hereford bullocks offered on account of Mr. F. Seversen, big framed and carrying light to medium finish, sold out at £6 5/-. A heavier lino of well grown and finished cattle in from Makeretu and on account of the same vendor realised 17/6, while a further pen of Makeretu cattle made £5 4/-. A single well bred prime Hereford vealer sold at £1 18/6 A pen of 9 heifers, medium framed and carrying light to medium finish, made £4 12/6. A Shorthorn heifer, well grown and finished, sold at. £5 2/6. A Hereford heifer in the same pen realised £4 2/-. A mixed-bred pen of 6 heifers, small framed and store conditioned. made £2 6/-. A pen of 3 P.A. heifers in from Hatuma and on account of Mr. J. Williams, medium frame and finish, sold at £4 11/-. A pen of 5 Hereford heifers, well grown and carry, ing light prime to prime order, realised £4 19/-. A pair of crossbred cows, medium frame and finish, sold at £3 2/6. An even line of 5 P.A. cows, well grown and finished, started at’£s to meet the market at £5 5/-. A fairlyframed and lightly-finished pen of 9 I’.A. cows in from Porangahau and offered on account of Mr. .1. D. Davidson >.>!.) at Cl Hi/-. A single weighty Hereford cow realised £1 •>/-. A further pen of P.A. cows on account of Mr. .1. I). Davidson met the market at £•" 18/6. A pen of 3 fairly framed and finished Hereford and Hereford crossbred cows realised £4 18/6. Store Cattle.— A good entry of store -■utile sold well nt Into rates, a. few lilies being missed in. six forward Hereford bullocks £5 ')'■ :;,l P.A steers ami bullocks ex Wanstead £5 8/6 (passed). 8 I’.A. steers ox Porangahau £4 13/- (passed), 19 Hereford heifers £3 1 ' . 8 P.A. bullocks £5 10/-, IS P.A bullocks ex Oakburn £6 .10/-, 13 P.A • Meers £1 6/6, 14 Hereford, steers £4,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 77, 13 March 1934, Page 4
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